WATERBURY — A Waterbury-based maker of electronic products and components that was named 2007 Manufacturer of the Year by the Waterbury Regional Chamber has decided to shut its operation, a victim of the scope and duration of the sluggish economy, its president said Wednesday.

International Creative Data Industries, a family-owned, 37-year-old company, is winding down operations with a skeleton crew of 17 employees and will cease most manufacturing activity by next week, said President Steven J. Villodas. He said he expects ICDI to be out of its headquarters at 407 Brookside Road by mid-July.

"The recession has been too long-lived to be overcome," Villodas said Wednesday. "Reluctantly, we have decided to close the business."

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